When Americans hear the word “oil,” it’s often in conjunction with gas prices or the latest stock market price. But for members of Ecuador’s Cofan Tribe, oil is more than an economic issue. The world’s oil consumption has had severe consequences for this indigenous group of people – their culture, health, and environment where they have subsisted for thousands of years. MORE

Working Films, in collaboration with The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation and Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, is delighted to announce the first West Coast edition of the Good Pitch, hosted by the SOCAP10 conference at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. MORE

August 12, 2010 (New York, NY) – Gearing up for its 32nd edition this September 19-23, 2010, IFP announced its slate of projects for the Project Forum today, part of Independent Film Week (formerly known as the IFP Market). Hosted by IFP – the nation’s oldest and largest non-profit for independent film – the Week consists of a number of initiatives aimed at building industry interest for new work, as well as general audience support for independent film projects. MORE

Nine projects have been named as the recipients of the Chicken & Egg Pictures winter grants. Chicken & Egg Pictures is a hybrid film fund and non-profit production company specialized in supporting women filmmakers. These grants are the first to come from the Which Came First Fund, an open call seeking submissions for narratives dealing with some of today's most pressing environmental issues. MORE